My New Pandinus dictator

A friend of mine recently gifted me a Pandinus dictator girl. And she is HUGE! Easily 8" and still has some room to grow!

Pandinus dictators are larger than emperators, though they look nearly identical. I have not familiarized myself with the distinctions, but am happy to have this big girl.

As for temperament, she seems more laid back than the emperators I have had in the past.

Now to come up with a name...

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Toss the male in, take him out of the water dish in bolus form the next day.

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Congrats Manlyman7! She is a beaut . Dictators have much more granulation all over their bodies than emps and the two ridges behind their eyes are more pronounced. Just a few days ago I put 2 female emps with 2 males in a communal 10 gallon with two hides. One male may be a subadult dictator as both female emps ignore him...LOL! Anyhow, they mated ASAP when put together. Maybe you could name her Diana (Wonder Woman's name) . Again, Congrats on receiving such a HUGE beautiful dictator female . If you could get a close up shot of her operculum and pectines that would be AWESOME!..for future sexing purposes of this species.

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